The real perversion of justice
Published:Monday | June 28, 2010 | 12:00 AM
The Editor, Sir:
In filing charges against the Rev Al Miller, the state is continuing its immoral handling of this matter. What it failed to achieve in its flexing of military might, however, justified, in storming Tivoli Gardens and snuffing out over 73 lives, was accomplished by one unarmed man with the loss of none.
The charges against Rev Al Miller, in my opinion, are the real perversion of justice. Let us be frank. Neither the state nor the enforcers of the law will ever face charges over the lives lost, or the bungling of the whole Christopher 'Dudus' Coke affair. Why then is Al Miller, in the exercise of his moral authority, being prosecuted instead of congratulated?
Impotence evident
Even world powers know from history that military might is limited in achieving peace and is best used in the support of diplomacy. The state's impotence was evident in its inability to capture Mr Coke, the power and might of the Church was not. That the Rev Al Miller may have violated some state law might be questionable, for there was a bounty offered to the public for its help, and an appeal to Mr Coke to turn himself in. Therefore any person who assisted the state in sparing our country further unnecessary bloodshed should be lauded not prosecuted. Rev Miller did not violate a moral law.
PETER KNIGHT